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Neighbors oppose College Street rezoning; Planning director says R-2 only permits future review
Summary
Council held a public hearing on Amended Ordinance No. 26-062 to rezone about 2.86 acres along College Street from R-1/College Street Gateway to R-2. Neighbors warned of reduced privacy, potential stormwater and traffic impacts, and cited a possible plan for roughly fifteen townhouse units; Planning Director Jeff Kaiser said rezoning would only allow future proposals to be reviewed under R-2 standards and would not approve specific development.
President Dan Rospert opened a public hearing on Amended Ordinance No. 26-062, which would reclassify three parcels totaling about 2.86 acres along College Street from R-1/College Street Gateway to R-2. Planning Director Jeff Kaiser told Council the Planning Commission recommended rezoning because the three parcels function more effectively as a unified development and R-1 single-family lots would require multiple driveways and utility crossings on an arterial roadway.
Multiple nearby residents objected during public comment. David Knight said the change represented a major neighborhood alteration and warned developers might place "approximately fifteen townhouse units" on the site. Ashley Krantz and others raised concerns about privacy, lighting, traffic, stormwater runoff, and potential property-value impacts; David Walker supplied a map and emphasized riparian setbacks and watershed protections tied to an on-site stream. Evan Gasser, representing the applicant, argued single-family development was financially impractical and that a multifamily concept would be the feasible option; Kaiser emphasized that any future project must still undergo Planning Commission review for engineering, buffering, landscaping, and stormwater compliance.
